Severin Carrell, the Guardian's Scotland correspondent, says voters delivered a "very sound kicking" to Labour, which, apart from a brief period in the 1940s, has represented the east end of Glasgow since 1922,

Simon Hoggart, the Guardian's parliamentary sketchwriter, likens the Labour party to the Titanic – after it hit the iceberg.

Joining Nick round the table is Lesley Riddoch, the Scottish political commentator. Lesley says the result represents a particular blow to Labour, which has failed to tackle poverty in Glasgow East, where male life expectancy is worse than in Iraq.

Sunder Katwala, the general secretary of the Fabian Society, says Labour has experienced an "awful result". He says the SNP did well by turning itself into a "catch-all party" to sweep up voters' resentments.

Tom Clark, one of the Guardian's leader writers, says Labour is facing an "appalling state of affairs".